Technical information

Symbol
NameSymbol for space
Unicode numberU+2420
CategoryASCII Character SymbolsGraphic pictures for control codes
DescriptionThe Unicode character ␠, or U+2420, is known as the "Symbol for Space". It belongs to the "Control Pictures" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character provides a graphic representation of the space character, often used in contexts where showing spaces and other typically invisible characters is necessary. Essentially, it offers a visible way to represent the space character. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in.

Encoding

HTML Entity␠
HTML Entity (hex)␠
URL Escape Code%E2%90%A0
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x90 0xA0
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10010000:10100000
UTF-160x2420
UTF-320x00002420

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2420"
CSS Code\2420
JavaScript"\u2420"
Perl\x{2420}
Python 2u"\u2420"
Python 3\u2420
Ruby\u{2420}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ␠ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

12px
16px
20px
28px
36px
48px
72px

CSS Property: font-weight

100
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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#9248;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2420";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References